Sony and Sony Ericsson Xperia phones and their Singapore launches.
The Sony Xperia P, U, and sola are now available in Singapore at all Sony stores, Sony centres, Xperia concept stores, and local telcos. The Xperia P retails for S$688 in silver or black, with a 4-inch Reality Display.
Announced at CES 2012, the Sony Xperia S is Sony's first smartphone since parting ways with Ericsson. Its specs impress, with a 1.5GHz dual-core processor, 1GB RAM, and NFC support. My only gripe is that it ships with Android 2.3.
Sony Ericsson's Xperia PLAY launches in Singapore exclusively to SingTel customers from 22nd April 2011. Running Android 2.3, this gaming smartphone delivers fast graphics and dedicated slide-out controls alongside the features of a leading device.
Li Xiang and I were invited to Sony Ericsson's blogger gathering at Orgo on Esplanade's Roof Terrace, a lovely spot. They showed three phones: the Xperia Arc, Neo and Play, the Arc succeeding the X10 with a BRAVIA-enhanced display.
I was invited to my first ever Sony Ericsson event, their Backstage blogger session. We were introduced to Sony's tagline, make.believe, where the dot matters by separating make believe into make and believe, before being shown five new products.
Sorry for the late news, from Hong Kong: the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 has launched in Singapore, with SingTel customers first to get it at S$1,088 without contract. Now I hope they bring in the iPad next!